Julius jonsof



Patented Feb. 8,1881.

"(No Medel() J. J ONSON. Hydrant Ne. 237,544-

NrTED i STATES y PATENT Brien.

JULIUS JONSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HYDRANT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,544, dated February 8, 1881.

Application filed December 30, 1880. (No model.) 4

To all whom tt may concern Be it known that I, JULrUs J oNsoN, of the city and countyr of New York, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hydrants, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention` is to enable a hydrant-barrel to be readily detached from the hydrant bend or base and removed for repairs or other purposes without the necessity of digging up the ground.

To this end the invention consists in the combination, with a hydrant bend or base and a case permanently connected therewith, of a barrel fitting loosely within said case, a grooved packing-ring between said bend or base and barrel, and bolts for clamping the barrel to the bend or base, the packing-ring forming a tight joint between them. Bysiniply loosening the securing-bolts the hydrant-barrel can be lifted out of the case for repairs and replaced without digging up the ground. The securing-bolts preferably are arranged outside the case and extend from the flange of the bend or base to aflange upon the barrel above the top of the case; and in order to facilitate the centering of thehydrant-'barrel upon the packing I provide the interior of the case with ribs, which offer no obstacle to the ready withdrawal of the barrel, from the case, but which properly center the barrel within the case.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a central vertical section through a hydrant embodying myinvention, the upper part or top of the hydrant being omitted to economize space. Fig. 2 represents a transverse section upon the dotted line :v w, Fig. l; and Fig. 3 represents a transverse section of the packing upon a larger scale.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.`

A designates a hydrant bend or base of any suitable form, and having at its upper end a laterally-extendin g flange, A', which serves to support the remaining parts of the hydrant.

B designates the hydrant-case, which is of cylindrical form, and is permanently connected with the base or bend A-that is, the case is not intended to be disconnected from the bend or base when the hydrant is to be repaired.

`which lits within the case B, and is provided above the case with a laterally-extending flange, c. rllhe upper part or top of the barrel is not here represented; but it may be of any ordinary or suitable construction.

D designates the hydrant-valve arranged in the lower part of the barrel C, and actuated by a stem or spindle, D', by any suitable actuating mechanism arranged in the upper part or top of the hydrant.

The valve D may be of any suitable construction; but the valve which I prefer to use and have here represented is similar to that described in Letters Patent No. ilk@ 922 granted to me April 29, 1879, the arra'iifgeie dow-passages being the same as there shown.

In the flange A of the bend orbase is an annular channel or recess, d, in which is fitted a packing-ring, E, of soft metal and of aform best shown in Fig. 3. In the upper face of the packing-ring E is formed a V-shaped annular groove, e, having in its bottom a recess, c', and the `lower end of the barrel C is Wedgeshaped, conforming to the groove e, and forming a tight joint with said packing-ring by indenting itself therein. The channel or` recess d is first formed in the flange A'. The soft metal is then calked in said channel or recess and the V-shaped groove e formed therein.

F designates bolts passing through the dan ge A on the bend or base, and also `through the ange c, and serving to clamp the barrel G tightly upon the bend or base and to clamp the packing between them, thus forming a tight j oint.

In order to properly center the barrel C within the case B, I provide the interior of the case with projecting ribs f, within which the barrel C ts loosely, and which serve to properly center the barrel upon the packingring E. When it is desired to remove the hydrant for repair or any other purposes all that is required is to remove the `nuts of the bolts F and lift the barrel out of .the case without digging` up the ground, and the barrel may rob be as readily replaced or another substituted by simply inserting it in the case and turning` down the nuts upon the said bolts.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a hydrant bend or base and a case permanently connected therewith, of a barrel fitting looselyr within said case, a grooved packing-ring inserted between the lower end of said barrel and said bend or base, and securing-bolts for clamping the barrel to the bend or base, and the packing-ring between them, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the bend or base A, the case B, the barrel C, the grooved packingrin g E, and the bolts F, arranged external to the case and extending between the flanges A and c, substantially as specified.

3. rlhe combination, with a hydrant bend or base and a case permanently connected therewith, and provided internally with longitudinal ribs, of a barrel fitting within said case and centered by said ribs, a packing-ring inserted between the lower end of said barrel and said bend or base, and securing-boltsfor clamping` the barrel to the bend or base and the packing-ring between them, substantially as specified.

JULIUS J ON SON.

Witnesses FREDK. HAYNEs, A. C. WEBB. 

